communal
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French communal, from Late Latin commūnālis, from Latin commūnis. Doublet of cominal.
PronunciationEdit
- (UK) IPA(key): /kəˈmjuː.nəl/, /ˈkɒ.mjə.nəl/
Audio (UK) (file) - (US, Canada) IPA(key): /kəˈmju.nəl/
Audio (CA) (file)
AdjectiveEdit
communal (comparative more communal, superlative most communal)
- pertaining to a community
- shared by a community; public
- (India) defined by religious ideas; based on religion
- communal violence
- communal politics
- Antonym: secular
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TranslationsEdit
pertaining to a community
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FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Late Latin commūnālis, from Latin commūnis.
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /kɔ.my.nal/
Audio (FR) (file) - Homophones: communale, communales
AdjectiveEdit
communal (feminine singular communale, masculine plural communaux, feminine plural communales)
- of or relating to a commune
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Further readingEdit
- “communal” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).